Japan's lunar lander-carrying H2A rocket launch delayed due to winds

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday that the lift-off of a H2A rocket carrying the Japanese space agency's lunar lander was postponed due to strong winds over the launch point.The domestically-produced rocket was to blast off Monday morning from Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. A new date will be decided within the launch window that runs until Sept. 15, a Mitsubishi official said.The decision to delay was made 30 minutes before the planned lift-off of 9:26 a.m., a call which the official described at a press conference as …READ FULL ARTICLE